Gilles DEMARTEAU
(1722 Liège – 1776 Paris)
 
Femme nue assise [Seated nude woman] – c.1763
after François Boucher.
 
Chalk manner in sanguine on laid paper. Lettered: « F. Boucher Fec/'N° / Demarteau l'aine Sc/ TIRE DU CABINET DE MADAME D'AZAINCOURT/AParis chez Demarteau avec Privilege du Roy». Framed. 
Size of sheet: 24 x 18 cm. 
 
Leymarie, 1896, No.45; Portalis et Beraldi, 1880, I, 2e partie, p. 722, n°2; Jean-Richard, 613.
 
Provenance: Old label on the back: Maurice Rousseau expert 42, rue La Fayette Paris IX ̊". 
 
Fine impression with small margins all around; a small brown foxing mark verso, showing through paper slightly. Early example of Rococo French colour engraving.